This update for php5 fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-4346: heap overflow in ext/standard/string.c (bsc#977994)
- CVE-2016-4342: heap corruption in tar/zip/phar parser (bsc#977991)
- CVE-2016-4537, CVE-2016-4538: bcpowmod accepts negative scale causing heap buffer overflow corrupting one definition (bsc#978827)
- CVE-2016-4539: Malformed input causes segmentation fault in xml_parse_into_struct() function (bsc#978828)
- CVE-2016-4540, CVE-2016-4541: Out-of-bounds memory read in zif_grapheme_stripos when given negative offset (bsc#978829)
- CVE-2016-4542, CVE-2016-4543, CVE-2016-4544: Out-of-bounds heap memory read in exif_read_data() caused by malformed input (bsc#978830)
- CVE-2015-4116: Use-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function (bsc#980366)
- CVE-2015-8873: Stack consumption vulnerability in Zend/zend_exceptions.c (bsc#980373)
- CVE-2015-8874: Stack consumption vulnerability in GD (bsc#980375)